Open AccessA continuous study of morphological phase in the swarm of Proteus (Plates XVII and XVIII)
Author(s) -
K. A. Bisset,
C. W. I. Douglas
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/00222615-9-2-229
Subject(s) - swarming (honey bee) , swarm behaviour , proteus , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , gene , biochemistry , escherichia coli
Continuous study, at intervals of 1 h, on the advancing edge of the swarm of Proteus vulgaris confirms that this is almost permanently composed of elongated swarmers, and that short, non-swarming forms arise in the interior of the culture where motion has already ceased. Previous errors have probably arisen from inaccurate sampling.